An overwhelming amount of the US is rural. All of that red is nearly 3 million fewer votes than blue. It's really insane how sparsely populated we are. I've always known it on an academic level...
An overwhelming amount of the US is rural. All of that red is nearly 3 million fewer votes than blue.
It's really insane how sparsely populated we are. I've always known it on an academic level but until I had driven cross country a couple times, and all over Appalachia more than a few times, I never really understood it. It's incredible how isolated, and how small, a lot of communities we have really are.
Most fascinating part of this map I think are the straight lines dividing red and blue. Like 8 mile in Detroit. So crazy how people living on opposite sides of a street can hold vastly different...
Most fascinating part of this map I think are the straight lines dividing red and blue. Like 8 mile in Detroit. So crazy how people living on opposite sides of a street can hold vastly different views.
There's such an overwhelming amount of red! I also thought the "Voter Island" feature was very interesting, I am curious as to how some of those form.
An overwhelming amount of the US is rural. All of that red is nearly 3 million fewer votes than blue.
It's really insane how sparsely populated we are. I've always known it on an academic level but until I had driven cross country a couple times, and all over Appalachia more than a few times, I never really understood it. It's incredible how isolated, and how small, a lot of communities we have really are.
The article associated with it goes into what caused some of the islands.
It's pretty misleading though since most of that is very sparsely populated.
Here's a map that adjusts for population.
Most fascinating part of this map I think are the straight lines dividing red and blue. Like 8 mile in Detroit. So crazy how people living on opposite sides of a street can hold vastly different views.